Why Look at Art When You Could Watch TV?

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On John Berger's Revolutionary Art Criticism

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<em>Dirty Dancing</em> Belongs in the Lesbian Rom-Com Canon

Dirty Dancing Belongs in the Lesbian Rom-Com Canon

Esther Newton Makes an Important Case

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<em>My Brilliant Friend</em> is the Kind of TV We Need Right Now: Slow

My Brilliant Friend is the Kind of TV We Need Right Now: Slow

The HBO Adaptation of Elena Ferrante is a Refreshing Change

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Watch the New Trailer for the Astrid Lindgren Biopic <em>Becoming Astrid</em>

Watch the New Trailer for the Astrid Lindgren Biopic Becoming Astrid

Opening November 23

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So, WAS <em>Friends</em> Homophobic?

So, WAS Friends Homophobic?

Kelsey Miller on the Slow, Awkward Mainstreaming of Gay Life on TV

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31 Movies Based on Short Stories

31 Movies Based on Short Stories

Or How to Turn a Nine-Page Story into a Feature Film

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13 Literary Writers Who Have Adapted Other People's Books for the Screen

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Toward a Theory of Radical Corniness

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